The sports center of Dongping New Town

[ British] Century Lotus Sports Center

The Century Lotus Sports Center is located in the central park of the central group of Dongping Riverside New Town, Foshan City. Construction started in June 24 and was completed in September 26, with a total area of 42 hectares and a total investment of about 959 million yuan. After the international design competition, it was designed by German GMP company (the domestic supporting design unit is the Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology). The stadium is like a swaying lotus, and the design fully shows the special regional characteristics and humanistic spirit of Foshan.

The whole sports center is mainly composed of a stadium, a swimming and diving hall, an underground parking lot, an outdoor large vehicle parking lot, an outdoor 4-meter track sports ground, a football training ground, an outdoor aquatic center, an energy center and ancillary service facilities.

Century Lotus Sports Center will be built into the largest membrane structure roof in the world sports buildings, and it is also the largest membrane structure project in China at present. The whole roof is annular, with an outer diameter of 31m and an inner diameter of 125m. The inner ring is a tension ring composed of 1 steel cables with a diameter of 8 mm. The outer ring is a compression ring, which is divided into upper and lower layers. The upper layer has a diameter of 31m and is composed of concrete filled steel tubes with a diameter of 1m, while the lower layer has a diameter of 275m and is composed of concrete filled steel tubes with a diameter of 1.4m m. The two layers of steel rings are separated by 2m, and the middle is connected by inclined columns of concrete filled steel tubes to form an inverted frustum. The stadium has a building area of 78,193 square meters, a height of 5 meters, a roof diameter of 31 meters, a film projection area of 53,421 square meters and a seating capacity of 36,686 spectators. The stadium stands are divided into east and west stands, and the space under the east and west main stands is divided into three floors, which are mainly composed of rooms for athletes and referees, rooms for journalists, computer rooms and garages. The competition venue consists of a natural lawn standard football field, a 4-meter runway, an athlete training ground and other field venues. The stadium has advanced facilities and can meet the requirements of international competitions.

The stadium adopts a novel and lightweight cable-membrane structure in appearance, which highlights the design concept of history and rich flavor of the times. The plane layout adopts the elliptical symmetry of the outer ring, and the long axis direction of the sports field is due south, which presents a saddle-shaped spatial form with high east and west stands and low northwest stands. The main building of the stadium has three floors at the bottom and two floors below, which is a frame structure with steel bars tied, and the cable membrane area ranks among the top in the world. The stadium is magnificent in appearance, like a blooming lotus, and it is a landmark building in Foshan. The swimming and diving hall has a building area of 31,52 square meters, with a length of 22 meters, a width of 88.8 meters and a height of 22 meters, with 2,8 seats for spectators. The building structure is a large-area glass curtain wall with steel structure and cable membrane roof, and the long-span steel arch system covers three international standard swimming pools. The whole building is actually magnificent.

In addition, there are 1,1 underground parking spaces, with an outdoor training ground area of 2, square meters and an energy center area of 3,29 square meters. Foshan News Center is a large-scale building complex integrating Foshan Daily, Foshan Radio, Foshan TV and other news media, with a 27-meter-high information canopy and ecological information garden. Foshan News Center is located in the center of Dongping Riverside New Town, Foshan City. Foshan News Center will become a landmark building in Foshan, and it will also be the press release center of the 12th Provincial Games in 26 and the future Foshan Municipal Party Committee and Government.

Foshan News Center covers an area of 8.6 hectares (13 mu) with a total construction area of 94, square meters. The total investment of the budget project is 56 million yuan (including 4 million yuan for civil engineering and 16 million yuan for radio and television technology equipment). Foshan News Center is a large-scale building complex integrating Foshan Media Group, its subordinate Foshan Daily, Foshan People's Broadcasting Station, Foshan TV Station and other news media, with the production, broadcasting and transmission of radio and television programs. Newspaper editing; Press release; Cultural and artistic performances; Urban services and other functions. The architectural design layout reflects the characteristics of various media. The transparent external wall of the building implies that the media is close to the society and citizens. The three-dimensional landscaping of more than 3, square meters reflects the harmony among people, buildings and nature. The information canopy with a height of 28 meters above the ground connects the buildings into a whole. The canopy has the function of releasing dynamic and static information. The ecological and information garden under the canopy consists of hills, waterfalls, running water, squares, pavilions, pedestrian bridges, large screens and service facilities to meet various needs such as leisure and entertainment, information acquisition and business activities. There are 15 square meters of large TV studios, small and medium-sized studios of various sizes, radio program production rooms, press release halls, etc. in the building complex. As an open urban functional space, it will provide an advanced and high-tech urban activity platform for the public.

The first pile was laid on May 18th, 24 in Foshan News Center Project. After two years and four months of intense construction, the main body, environment and decoration projects were successfully completed on September 3th, 26. In the west of Foshan Park Sports Area and Recreation Area, south of over the rainbow Road, east of Jixiang Road and north of Fuhua Road, a cultural MALL with a construction scale of about 7, square meters is emerging. "The development of a city requires both hard work and soft power." A few days ago, Ye Zhirong, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, said that cities should be rich and civilized. On the important node involving the development of Foshan, it is of great significance to launch the cultural complex project in a big way.

here, there will be a wealth of municipal cultural facilities-libraries, museums, youth palaces, archives, planning exhibition halls, science and technology museums, art galleries, etc., as well as book fairs, exhibitions, movies, cultural products trading and other places.

Liao Zhichun, deputy director of Foshan Wenguang New Bureau, said that Foshan has a long history and culture, and needs a cultural, artistic and aesthetic building complex as a carrier, so that more people can participate in it. He believes that culture is a subtle and subtle influence, and the appearance of this carrier and cultural complex makes the citizens of famous cultural cities feel excited, proud and confident, which is of great significance to the cultural cultivation of teenagers and children.

"The cultural complex integrates culture, creativity, commerce, leisure and other functions, which is novel and unique." Ye Zhirong believes that the emergence of cultural MALL goes beyond the simple addition and splicing of individual facilities, reducing repeated investment and improving efficiency. Liao Zhichun also said that Foshan's culture can't lie in the historical background forever, but should be constantly excavated and developed, keep pace with the times and connect with the world, and the cultural MALL is the cultural highland that undertakes this important mission.

"Culture and art can't be viewed from a commercial perspective, nor can they be shelved. They should be presented to the audience in the most acceptable and friendly way." Ye Zhirong expects the cultural comprehensive physical ability to innovate the operation mode, and the "combination of literature and business" will make the cultural industry live, so that culture and economy complement each other.

Cultural MALL is flexible in layout and rich in levels, suitable for people of all ages and cultural levels, and can provide 24-hour comprehensive cultural services. The industry believes that as the new center of Foshan in the future, the cultural complex has obvious geographical advantages and regional uniqueness; Moreover, the road network is complete, only 18 kilometers away from Guangzhou New Railway Station, and there are urban light rail lines and subway lines connected to Guangzhou, which can widely attract people from Guangzhou and Foshan to spend. This is the cultural square of Dongping, the city of metropolitan art. It reshapes the bustling market of Foshan people in the humanized modern Fangxiang Street. Build a fashionable metropolis and water town with highly flexible square buildings; With traditional artistic colors, the old and new memories of Lingnan are silhouetted.

Yesterday, "Fangcheng", the newly-released implementation plan of Foshan's public cultural complex project (cultural MALL), made its first "stunning" appearance in front of the media. According to reports, Fangcheng has a total construction area of about 68, square meters. Among them, public buildings such as libraries, museums, science and technology museums, art galleries and archives will be started one after another during the year, and the basic central structure will be completed in 212, which may take about five years to complete.

"Fangcheng" design combines Chinese and western styles

Foshan Public Cultural Complex Project (Cultural MALL) is a building complex which is led by Foshan library, museum, youth palace, archives, planning exhibition hall, science and technology museum, art museum and other municipal cultural facilities, including cultural, creative, commercial and leisure functions.

The design of the public cultural complex was started in June 28, and an international competition on architectural scheme design was jointly held by the Dongping New Town Management Committee and the Municipal Planning Bureau. In the first batch of conceptual design, 56 world-class design units participated, and 8 were initially screened. Then, after several rounds of screening of "4 out of 8" and "2 out of 4", it was decided by the executive meeting of the municipal government in February 28 that "Fangcheng" of ARUP (Arup) Engineering Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in the UK and the HLA consortium in Denmark was the implementation scheme of the public cultural complex.

"why did you win? Because it does have great highlights. " Zhang Kaichang, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government and director of Dongping New Town Construction Management Committee, said that this design can fully reflect the clear feature of MALL-comprehensiveness. "In the past, there were many commercial MALLs, but how did you get a cultural mall? This requires comprehensiveness and accessibility. " Zhang Kaichang believes that "Fangcheng" attaches great importance to studying and refining the elements of Foshan's traditional culture, such as window grilles and paper-cuts, and these are very creative through the way of "architectural facial makeup". At the same time, the design also emphasizes the combination of international cultural trends and local culture. "The exterior walls of many buildings use very pure colors, such as red, yellow and white, which is a bright European style." Zhang Kaichang said that many experts and citizens recognized this plan at that time.

designer Liang yuan appreciates lingnan culture

the chief designer of the cultural MALL is Gao Hu, the chief designer of the Asian region of Danish HLA architectural design company. How can a foreigner be a cultural MALL that Foshan people love?

Actually, Gao Hu, who has a Chinese wife, has a deep understanding of China culture. He said, "What kind of values do you need to be a cultural MALL with Lingnan characteristics? We have made a great ideological struggle, and we don't want to simply bring Nordic values and simply look at Foshan's culture from a Nordic perspective. " So, he traveled all over the ancestral temple, Liangyuan, Qinghui Garden and Chenjiaci, among which Liangyuan made him feel the most. "I sat in Liangyuan for several days, chatting with people, living there, watching a lot of things and understanding what Lingnan culture is." Gao Huo said, "I'm not thinking about what to show Lingnan culture, but a pure experience." He doesn't remember how many times he went to Liangyuan, nor did he count how many sketches he drew.

According to Cai Wenying, his assistant, the design function division of the cultural complex is very obvious. For example, near the Century Lotus Stadium, there are relatively active venues, such as the Youth Palace and the Science and Technology Museum. In the middle, some people near the subway entrance have a large flow. It is a large library. Considering the enjoyment of the crowd, the building next to the east is the Book City. At the southern end near Foshan Park, there are relatively quiet venues, such as museums and archives. In addition, the plots parallel to the public venues will be developed into office buildings, food malls, hotels, book cities and so on. In the middle part of the ground floor of the cultural MALL, a celebration stage for the festival of ten thousand people is reserved, while in the middle part of the underground floor, there is a parking space that can accommodate more than 8 cars.

Among all the buildings, the most amazing one is the "Century Tower" which stands proudly beside the Dongping River. "The tower is initially planned to be built at a height of about 15 meters, and the main part is for art exhibitions, sightseeing, news release, catering and so on. Its skirt building mainly has three functional divisions, namely the cultural exhibition center, the city exhibition hall and the multi-functional lecture hall. " Cai Wenying introduced that there are about 1,5 multifunctional lecture halls, which can play the role of concert halls. Liao Zhichun, deputy director of the Municipal Wenguang New Bureau, said, "This concert hall is exactly what Foshan needs." He commented that the cultural complex not only carries the humanistic feelings of a city, but also defends the self-esteem and self-confidence of a famous historical and cultural city.

guests from the Pearl River Delta can enjoy an hour

"Cultural MALL provides Foshan citizens with a platform for people of all levels and ages to learn, relax, experience and communicate, and also provides artists with creative space to inspire." Zhang Kaichang introduced that in Fangcheng, you can see the ideal picture of citizens wandering freely and enjoying themselves.

Here, the activity is appropriate, the literature and business are combined, and citizens can enjoy one-stop cultural and entertainment activities and cultural consumption services. He made an analogy. For example, after parents send their children to the Youth Palace to study, they can visit the museum nearby, charge the library, go shopping in the book city, and exercise at Century Lotus. Citizens can also revel in the art hall and enjoy afternoon tea. "The whole' Fangcheng' has a novel design concept, flexible functional layout and rich levels. Let culture, commercial buildings and square space interact and combine. It is not only an ingenious modern building, but also a colorful public cultural space. "

So, how can Foshan people and even guests from the Pearl River Delta reach this fertile land full of charm? Zhang Kaichang said that Fangcheng has a perfect road network, which is only 1 km away from the transportation hub of Dongping New City. Through the transportation hub, guests from any part of the Pearl River Delta can reach it in one hour.

There are Foshan Metro Line 1, Metro Line 3 and Metro Line 6 near Fangcheng plot. In order to cooperate with the construction of the core area of Dongping New Town, some lines of Metro Line 1 and Metro Line 6 passing through Fangcheng have been planned to be built as extension lines of Guangfo Metro Line 1, which will be opened to traffic in 212. Metro Line 3 is also planned to start construction in 21.

Zhang Kaichang introduced that the external space environment of Fangcheng also embodies the concept of scientific and technological innovation and green ecology, and at the same time, it is integrated into the water town customs of Lingnan. The open space of Fangcheng should be rationally laid out to realize the separation of people and vehicles. The garage system should follow the principle of convenience and efficiency, and the pedestrian system should be organically combined with the green space system. Foshan Fangcheng people gather together to enjoy

Fangcheng, which is a simple and direct name, and frankly describes the central idea of the designer-to create a cultural exchange city workshop belonging to Foshan people with a design layout with strong adaptability and effective organization.

Fangcheng is the brand extension of Dongping New Town and the cultural cradle enjoyed by citizens.

Fangxiang Street gathers all directions

In China's traditional urban planning, Fangxiang has been used as a unit to stimulate the development of various cultures and businesses by using the environment to cooperate with people's livelihood activities. Each compartment is connected with open streets to facilitate the exchange of activities and information; The well-organized organization of Fangcheng is just to achieve the same goal. Firstly, the century square, which runs through the north and south, divides the east and west hatchbacks as the basic square street context; Later, in the pattern of "oriental culture and western business", the surrounding facilities are connected in series-Dongxiang District is mainly a cultural square area, and four overpasses extending from the platforms of each square area are aggregated into a cultural and sports network with Century Lotus and Foshan Park; Xixiang District is dominated by commerce, which cooperates with the development of high-grade commercial and residential areas in the west of the base to generate more economic interaction.

venues with related functions are set in the same square area, which is convenient for independent or comprehensive operation and management in the future.

Square platform is noisy and quiet.

Century Square Street is the main pedestrian flow and the vital artery of culture and commerce in Fangcheng. Citizens can enter and leave various cultural venues through the square, and there are many retail and catering shops on both sides, which will surely become a pleasant leisure new place in Foshan.